Smart FRP Composite Sandwich Bridge Decks in Cold Regions

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• Creators:
  Hulsey, J. Leroy ; Qiao, Pizhong ; Fan, Wei (David) ; McLean, David
• Corporate Creators:
  Alaska University Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  Washington State University ; Alaska. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridge decks
  • Bridge superstructures
  • Bridges
  • Bridge design
  • Highway bridges
  • Cold weather
  • Cold weather construction
  • Frigid regions
  • Piezoelectric transducers
  • Research
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  107018
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alaska
• Corporate Publisher:
  Alaska University Transportation Center
• Description:
  In this study, new and integrated Smart honeycomb Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (S-FRP)
  
  sandwich materials for various transportation construction applications, with particular emphasis
  
  on highway bridge decks in cold regions, were developed and tested. The novelty integrates
  
  advanced polymer composite materials with smart piezoelectric sensors and actuators to form
  
  smart structures, and along with advanced material technologies and proposed damage
  
  identification algorithms, it is capable of improving construction speed in cold climates and selfmonitoring
  
  structural conditions in remote sites. A combined experimental and analytical study
  
  to develop, evaluate and test the S-FRP sandwich materials was conducted, and related studies
  
  on dynamic response, temperature effect and scale-up of test results, development of viable and
  
  effective damage identification algorithms and techniques more suitable for 2-D plate-type
  
  structures, and experimental characterization were investigated.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24382/dot_24382_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.77 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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